Dblock Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Has anyone on here removed the idler pulley? idler pulley removal Its apparantly weighs 3lbs and is hard to turn, Im going to be doing my lightweight pulleys soons so I thought I might do this. Kust looking for your views on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Lots of WD40 & a big breaker bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookbot Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Yep, as above or air tools provide the shock it needs to break their hold. I'm fairly certain some newer cars don't have an idler pulley anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Lots of WD40 & a big breaker bar I'm not doing it my car is an auto so it's a proper pain. If it was a manual easy. Your right cookbot as said in the thread the newer VQs don't even have this pulley. As you guys are in the supercharged crew or was did you take this pulley off? I know the stillen ones uses this one but I'm sure all others don't use it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Yup. HKS kit comes with its own idler pulley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Can you see what I have done? I've taken off the top idler pulley bracket. Cut one corner off so the power steering bracket can still fit (like a spacer) and now I can use a smaller belt. The same size as a revup! The pulley does nothing and is prone to fail. There is no disadvantage of removing it. Your only saving 0.5kg but its hard to turn plus I've fitted my AMS crank and alt pulley so hopefully they will make a slight difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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